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of sight. God calls for earnest women workers, workers who are
prudent, warmhearted, tender, and true to principle. He calls for
persevering women, who will take their minds from self and their
personal convenience, and will center them on Christ, speaking words
of truth, praying with the persons to whom they can obtain access,
laboring for the conversion of souls.—
Testimonies For The Church
6:118
(1900).
Women With Powers to Make Right Decisions—There are no-
ble women who have had moral courage to decide in favor of the truth
from the weight of evidence. They have conscientiously accepted the
truth. They have tact, perception, and good ability, and will make suc-
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cessful workers for their Master. Christian women are called for.—
The
Review and Herald, December 19, 1878
.
Force of Character and Power of Influence—Some who engage
in missionary service are weak, nerveless, spiritless, easily discour-
aged. They lack push. They have not those positive traits of character
that give power to do something—the spirit and energy that kindle
enthusiasm. Those who would win success must be courageous and
hopeful. They should cultivate not only the passive but the active
virtues. While they are to give the soft answer that turns away wrath,
they must possess the courage of a hero to resist evil. With the char-
ity that endures all things, they need the force of character that will
make their influence a positive power.—.
The Ministry of Healing, 497,
498
(1905).
Go to Bottom of Every Subject—If you are called to be a teacher
in any branch of the work of God, you are called also to be a learner in
the school of Christ. If you take upon you the sacred responsibility of
teaching others, you take upon you the duty of going to the bottom of
every subject you seek to teach.—
Counsels on Sabbath School Work,
31
(1892).
Courage, Force, Energy, Perseverance—Christian life is more
that many take it to be. It does not consist wholly in gentleness,
patience, meekness, and kindliness. These graces are essential; but
there is need also of courage, force, energy, and perseverance. The
path that Christ marks out is a narrow, self-denying path. To enter that
path and press on through difficulties and discouragements, requires
men who are more than weaklings....
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